In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aldringham like this:

ALDRINGHAM, a village and a parish in Blything district, Suffolk. The village stands near the coast and near the Aldborough railway, 2¼ miles N of Aldborough. It was formerly a market town; and it still has fairs on 11 Oct. and 1 Dec. The parish contains also the hamlet of Thorpe. Post Town, Aldborough under Saxmundham. ...


Acres, 1,783; of which 80 are water. Real property, £1,913. Pop., 471. Houses, 111. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; and includes the curacy of Thorpe. Value, £59. Patron, the Rev. E. Hollond. The church is transition Norman, and has an octagonal font. There is a Baptist chapel.

Aldringham through time

Aldringham is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Aldringham itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aldringham, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6995

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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